Cong Seals Alliance with Apna Dal, Gives 2 Lok Sabha Seats in UP
The Congress on Saturday finalised the seat-sharing agreement with the Apna Dal led by Krishna Patel and allocated it two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday finalised the seat-sharing agreement with the Apna Dal led by Krishna Patel and allocated it two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.
The Apna Dal will contest from two parliamentary constituencies, Gonda and Pilibhit, the party said.
The Congress had earlier announced the seats as Pilibhit and Basti.
Pankaj Niranjan Singh Chandel, the son-in-law of Patel, joined the Congress in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi and general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia. Patel was also present there.
Krishna Patel's daughter and Union minister Anupriya Patel, who leads the Apna Dal (Sonelal), has tied up with the BJP on Friday.
BJP president Amit Shah announced the agreement on Twitter, saying that the Apna Dal (S) leader would again contest from Mirzapur.
Shah said the second seat would be finalised later after deliberations between leaders of both the parties.
Uttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha seats.
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